Horsham Battle of the Bands 2020 details announced

The long running long Horsham Battle of the Bands competition has launched its 28th annual event in 2020 by opening for entries and announcing next year’s all important heat and final dates.

The competition will once again be brought to you by local firm Woodstock IT services (www.woodstockit.co.uk ). The dates are as follows:

COVER ACTS HEATS:

2nd and 9th July at The REC Rooms

ORIGINAL BANDS HEATS:

16th and 23rd July at The REC Rooms

COVER ACTS & ORIGINAL BANDS FINALS:

25th July in the Human Nature Garden, Horsham Park

ACOUSTIC ORIGINALS COMPETITION:

26th July on the Carfax Bandstand

The winners in the Original Bands and Acoustic Originals categories will again each receive:

A single recording package deal worth £349 courtesy of Brighton based studio Audiobeach( https://www.audiobeach.brightonrecording.studio ), equivalent to one full day of studio time to record up to two songs, PLUS additional mixing and mastering time and digital delivery of song files as WAV & MP3

A professional photoshoot courtesy of Chilledvondub-Photographic ( https://chilledvondub.tumblr.com )

A single release on all digital platforms via Artists Without A Label (AWAL) that includes chart registration ( https://www.awal.com/ )

The winners in the Covers Acts competition will receive:

£250 in cash

Free rehearsal time

Chairman and veteran of the competition Mark Daly said: “We’re delighted to welcome back all our main sponsors for 2020: Woodstock IT, Anna Macedo Yoga, Audiobeach Studios and Chilledvondub-Photographic. For anyone interested in sponsoring this flagship Horsham event and helping us put on the best show we possibly can there are numerous sponsorship packages still available. See you next year!!”

The available packages are:

Friend of BotB – £30 for the year

· Your first drink on BotB at each event

Bronze Sponsor £250

· Your first drink on BotB at each event

· Company name / logo on the BotB website and stage banners

Silver Sponsor £750 (2 remaining)

All the benefits of bronze sponsorship plus:

· Logo on all event marketing posters / flyers / banners

· Mention in at least one press release, blog post

· Tagged on a minimum of 5 social media posts

· Limited to 4 sponsors at this level

· Channel exclusivity for your type of business

· Opportunity to have a 3m x 3m pitch at the event or similar activation

Gold Sponsor £1500 (none left)

All the benefits of silver sponsorship plus:

· Sole sponsor at this level

· On stage banner

· Prominent logo and name on all print and digital media

· Mentioned and tagged in all social media posts and press coverage

· Brand activation / pitch at the event

Anyone interested in getting involved as a volunteer on the day, as part of the organising committee or as a sponsor of the event can email the team at info@horshambotb.co.uk